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   Andrea's about to qualify (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io)'s status on Friday, 31-May-2024 09:43:47 JST Andrea's about to qualify

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   Archival research can be intimidating. All of the box numbers and folders and finders aids etc etc etc

   But that old paper smell. The eerie but calming (for ME) knowledge that the people who wrote the documents you currently hold had entire lives before the birth of even your grandparents, depending.

   The vibe of going through a literal crapshoot of documents searching for something specific, only to find something you never would have thought to look for. Some of it helps your project maybe

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     Andrea's about to qualify (thiswomanswerk@blacktwitter.io)'s status on Friday, 31-May-2024 09:43:48 JST Andrea's about to qualify

     Archival research can be really enjoyable. The cold ac forces me to a bring comfy sweater and I love the scent of old paper.

     Then I come across some fucked up nazi shit some white girl from the early 1900s wrote and I have to fight a sudden desire to destroy historical documents.

     I remind myself that it is evidence that should be preserved. I guess. I text my partner about it and we talk abt how wild it is that MANY usians supported the nazis prior to WW2 and how that USED to be surprising.

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.